Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

red sprite

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.19 in modern English

Syllables: red sprite
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, a large but weak luminous flash that appears directly above an active thunderstorm system and is coincident with a powerful positive cloud-to-ground lightning strike.

Example Sentences

"Red sprites flash high above thunderstorm clouds."

Inflected Forms

red sprites (plural)

Phrases

blue starter blue jet gigantic jet sprite halo transient luminous event upward lightning

Frequently Paired Words

blue starter blue jet elve gigantic jet gnome pixie sprite halo sprelve

Questions

What does red sprite mean?: An upper atmospheric optical phenomena associated with thunderstorms, a large but weak luminous flash that appears directly above an active thunderstorm system and is coincident with a powerful positive cloud-to-ground lightning strike.

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